NR546 Psychopharm Midterm Exam Latest Update 2024-2025 Questions and Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast secretions while receiving risperidone . Which dopamine pathway is associated with this side effect? - CORRECT
ANSWER: tuberoinfundibular pathway
A 44-year-old woman is initiated on an atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia. Regarding affinity, atypical antipsychotics demonstrate which of the
following most often? - CORRECT ANSWER: Atypical antipsychotics have equal
positive symptom antipsychotic actions and low extrapyramidal symptoms.
A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements - CORRECT ANSWER:
basal ganglia
A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements, cognition, and emotion.Movement disorders include Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD), and Tourette syndrome. - CORRECT ANSWER: Basal ganglia
A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements, cognition, and emotion.movement disorders include Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and Tourette syndrome. The striatum is a group of structures that includes the caudate, putamen, and nucleus accumbens. The dorsal striatum contains the caudate nucleus and the putamen. The ventral striatum contains the nucleus accumbens. Both are involved in facilitating voluntary movement. - CORRECT ANSWER: Basal Ganglia
A major current hypothesis for the cause of schizophrenia proposes that N-methyl-d- aspartate (NMDA) receptors may be which of the following?
Correct! - CORRECT ANSWER: hypofunctional
am also a monoamine neurotransmitter and I serve many functions in the human body.Do you remember learning about flight, fight, or fright? That's me, in excess. A little of me can get you up off the couch and have you alert, oriented, and ready to take on life's challenges. I can really help with focus and productivity which is why you see me with a
cup of coffee. - CORRECT ANSWER: Norepinephrine
amino acid and THE excitatory neurotransmitter. I've been referred to as the workhorse of the brain because I can affect almost every neuron in the brain. I'm quite the firecracker. You'll find me working hard all over the brain affecting energy, memory, learning, and neural plasticity. I also work to relay sensory information and regulate
spinal and motor reflexes. - CORRECT ANSWER: glutamate
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amino acid that acts as the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter, and decrease neuroexcitability across the brain. This neurotransmitter help people relax, destress,
and get some sleep - CORRECT ANSWER: Gaba
and involved in short-term memory, speech, auditory signals, and smell recognition. It identifies "what" things are - object identification. It contains the limbic system,
amygdala, and hippocampus. - CORRECT ANSWER: Temporal Lobe
are associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking, the ability to organize, personality, behavior, and emotional control. Traumatic brain injuries can result in personality changes, difficulty controlling emotions, and other cognitive functions -
CORRECT ANSWER: Frontal Lobes
Are associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking. the ability to organize, personality, behavior, and emotional control. Traumatic brain injuries can result in personality changes, difficulty controlling emotions, and other cognitive functions. -
CORRECT ANSWER: Frontal Lobes
are chemicals released by neurons to send communication across synaptic clefts to other neurons. Many psychiatric disorders and client symptoms occur from an excess, deficiency, or imbalance of this because it can impact human emotion and behavior. -
CORRECT ANSWER: Neurotransmitters
are FDA approved for short-term anxiety treatment and are used alone or as an adjunct to antidepressants. They bind to serotonin and dopamine receptors in the brain and
increase norepinephrine metabolism in the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER: Buspirone
`Buspar'
are used for the treatment of all anxiety disorders. They act by preventing the reuptake
of 5-HT by synapses in the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER: SSRI
Are used to treat all anxiety disorders except obsessive compulsive disorder. SNRIs work by preventing the reuptake of 5-HT and NE by synapses in the brain. Compared with venlafaxine and desvenlafaxine, which have SRI activity and dose-related affinity for norepinephrine reuptake inhibition (NRI) primarily, duloxetine has more balanced SRI and NRI activities. Levomilnacipran has higher activity at NRI than SRI. -
CORRECT ANSWER: SNRI
Associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking. etc. - CORRECT ANSWER: Frontal lobe
Associated with speech - CORRECT ANSWER: Brocas area
bind more potently to D2 receptors than to 5HT-2A. They have low risk of metabolic side effects and weight gain, but they have a potential for EPS. The rip binds equally to
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